The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.